Xiaozhi Zhao received his MS and Ph.D. degrees from Nanjing University in 2006 and 2017, respectively. Then he joined the Department of Urology at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. From 2008 to 2010, he pursued further research as a visiting scholar at the Transformation Research Center of Harvard Medical School. Currently, he holds the positions of Deputy Chief Physician in the Urology Department and Deputy Director of the Education department at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School. Additionally, he has been appointed as an Associate Professor in the Medical School of Nanjing University. Since 2006, he has been engaged in both clinical and basic research related to urinary system tumors and kidney transplantation.